Saddle-pad



(No Model.)

S. G. JONES. SADDLE BAD.

No. 439,353. Patented Oct. 28, 1890.

' Brockton, county of Plymouth, State of Massa- UNrTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL G. JONES, OF BROOKTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SADDLE-PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent no. 439,353, dated October 28, 1890.

Application filed December 8, 1888.

To all? whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL G. J ONES, of

chusetts, have invented an Improvement in Saddle-Pads, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification,like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

Sweat-pads as now commonly made are either confined to the saddle by straps or the pad is placed on or beneath the saddle, and friction is depended on to keep the pad in place. The use of straps to keep the pad in place is objectionable because of the unsightly appearance and the trouble of removing the pad when the saddle is to be cleaned, and without the straps the pad is objectionable, because it slips out of place. To obviate these objections I have placed or formed on the upper side or surface of the pad at its longer or side edges raised ribs or wales, to thereby leave or present between them a space to receive the saddle. To form the rib or Wale referred to, apiece of rope or other suitable material is covered with plush, leather, or other suitable material stitched to the body of the pad,,as will be described.

Figure 1 shows in plan view a sweat-pad embodying this invention; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section of the pad shown in Fig. 1, taken on the dotted line as at; Fig. 3, a crosssection of thepad shown in Fig. 1, taken on the dotted line y y.

The body portion of the pad is herein shown as composed of two pieces of felt, leather, or other usual material a a, joined together at their ends (provided felt is used) by pieces of leather 1) or other suitable material above and below the pad and stitched or otherwise fastened to each piece a a. The top of the pad, near each side edge and parallel thereto, has applied to it a piece of rope c or other suitable filling inclosed in a binding (Z of plush, leather, or other suitable material, the said binding or covering also preferably inclosing or covering the edge of the body of the pad Serial No. 293,040. (No model.)

and being stitched or otherwise secured thereto. The covering cl, laid on the pad wrong side out, is stitched to the body of the pad by the line of fastenings or stitches 10, and the covering is then turned up over the cord 0 and bent around and so as to protect and finish the edges of the pad,the covering d being stitched to the pad at 12, as best shown in Fig. 3.

The pieces of rope or other suitable filling material, covered as shown for ornamentation and convenience in care, constitute ribs,

projections, or wales rising from the top surface of the pad, but set in from the edges,

thus forming a space between which the usual harness-saddle is placed, the saddle thereby serving to hold the pad in position without straps, the ribs from their position on the pad having no tendency to be bent over the edge and rendered useless.

The body portion of the pad will be bound, faced, or united at its ends, as at e, in the usual manner. r

I do not desire to limit myinvention to the secured to the said body by stitches at 10 and 12, and inclosing the said rope or filling between it and the top of the pad to form a wale just inside the edges of the body, all substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. Y

, SAMUEL G. JONES.

Witnesses:

WILEY S. EDMONDS, JosEPH E. WAKEFIELD. 

